Speciality Bites from Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre

What a fantastic week! The sun came out last weekend, and, as always, every independent retailer we have talked to this week was instantly a lot busier and the knock-on effect goes up the “food chain” to the producers.  Particularly up this week are sales of drinks and snacks, of course, helped by spring promotions on these lines by some producers.

Spring Tips! I would imagine it is not too late to get some Spring/Easter lines in if you feel you haven’t got enough.  We have set our deadline for the end of next week (more…)

Well IFE is finished for another two years.  The general feeling from exhibitors was that it had been a very good show, considerably better than two years ago, which was very dispappointing for some. Visitos numbers seemed to be up, and with the exception of the free-loaders on the last day, the quality was OK.  Having said that the number of people trying to sell us products when we are there to sell to customers was almost difficult to cope with.  (more…)

Stonewall Kitchen Blueberry Pancake Mix is loaded with the goodness of Maine wild blueberries and is made from a special blend of ingredients that make light and fluffy pancakes unlike any other pancake mix you may have tried.  This is just one of a range of products that we have brought in from the speciality food experts in the USA - Stonewall Kitchen.  Cotswold Fayre is the sole distributor in the UK of these superb gourmet products and they have been received very well since their launch in 2010.  For more go to www.cotswoldfayre.co.uk and click the manufacturers link on the left hand side - Stonewall Kitchen.